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cognition

[kog-nish-uhn] / kɒgˈnɪʃ ən /


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"You're on an exponential of cognition, and as the exponential proceeds, new markets become possible."

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

“There’s the uncertainty that comes with the existence of something that resembles human cognition and the possibility that it could take away jobs,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

More research is needed to better understand the connection between creatine and cognition; but the supplement may be beneficial for brain health, particularly in older adults and for issues related to sleep deprivation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Similarly, the development of the neocortex, which is exclusively mammalian and, according to Lori Marino of the Whale Sanctuary Project, provides for “self-awareness, social cognition, some form of memory, problem solving.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

I think we are innately suspicious of this kind of rapid cognition.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

“There are intrusions of traumatic memory, there’s avoidance of salient reminders, there are negative alterations in cognitions and in mood, and there are alterations in arousal and reactivity,” Kaufman said.

From The Verge ● Apr. 27, 2022

Hope-related cognitions are important: Snyder and his colleagues proposed that a person’s level of hope leads him or her to choose learning or performance goals.

From Time ● Jun. 17, 2015

By following a mindful and accepting approach to my unusual cognitions, I have learned to live in harmony with my hallucinations and delusions.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2014

Such lightning-fast cognitions are possible partly because the brain makes certain automatic assumptions: it figures that light has traveled in a straight line from the object to our eyes.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2012

I looked through the full range of human cognitions, and found, from beginning to end, a proclamation of the presence of that arch-magician, Imagination.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various


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